List of highest-grossing horror films
The following page lists the highest-grossing horror films of all time, the highest-grossing horror film franchises at the box office and the biggest opening weekends for horror films. The figures have not been adjusted for inflation.
Top 50 highest-grossing horror films at the worldwide box office
| Rank | Film | Worldwide gross | Year | Franchise or basis | Studio | |
| 1 | It | $700,381,748 | 2017 | It | New Line Cinema | |
| 2 | The Sixth Sense | $672,806,292 | 1999 | Hollywood Pictures | ||
| 3 | War of the Worlds | $591,745,540 | 2005 | The War of the Worlds | Amblin Entertainment | |
| 4 | I Am Legend | $585,349,010 | 2007 | I Am Legend | Village Roadshow Pictures | |
| 5 | World War Z | $540,007,876 | 2013 | World War Z | Skydance Productions | |
| 6 | The Meg | $530,243,742 | 2018 | ' | Warner Bros. Pictures | |
| 7 | Godzilla | $529,076,069 | 2014 | Godzilla | Legendary Pictures | |
| 8 | It Chapter Two | $473,093,228 | 2019 | It | Warner Bros. Pictures | |
| 9 | Jaws | $470,653,000 | 1975 | Jaws | Universal Pictures | |
| 10 | The Exorcist | $441,306,145 | 1973 | The Exorcist | Hoya Productions | |
| 11 | The Mummy Returns | $433,013,274 | 2001 | The Mummy | Universal Pictures | |
| 12 | The Mummy | $415,933,406 | 1999 | The Mummy | Universal Pictures | |
| 13 | The Mummy | $409,231,607 | 2017 | The Mummy | Universal Pictures | |
| 14 | Signs | $408,247,917 | 2002 | Blinding Edge Pictures | ||
| 15 | Prometheus | $403,354,469 | 2012 | Alien | Scott Free Productions | |
| 16 | ' | $401,128,639 | 2008 | The Mummy | Universal Pictures | |
| 17 | ' | $385,900,138 | 2019 | Godzilla | Legendary Pictures | |
| 18 | Godzilla | $379,014,294 | 1998 | Godzilla | Centropolis Entertainment | |
| 19 | The Nun | $365,550,119 | 2018 | The Conjuring Universe | New Line Cinema | |
| 20 | Hannibal | $351,692,268 | 2001 | Hannibal Lecter | Dino De Laurentiis Company | |
| 21 | A Quiet Place | $340,939,361 | 2018 | Platinum Dunes | ||
| 22 | The Conjuring 2 | $320,392,818 | 2016 | The Conjuring Universe | New Line Cinema | |
| 23 | The Conjuring | $319,494,638 | 2013 | The Conjuring Universe | New Line Cinema | |
| 24 | ' | $312,242,626 | 2017 | Resident Evil | Constantin Film | |
| 25 | ' | $306,515,884 | 2017 | The Conjuring Universe | New Line Cinema | |
| 26 | Van Helsing | $300,257,475 | 2004 | Dracula | Sommers Company / Stillking Films | |
| 27 | ' | $300,228,084 | 2010 | Resident Evil | Constantin Film | |
| 28 | Shutter Island | $294,804,195 | 2010 | Shutter Island | Phoenix Pictures | |
| 29 | Split | $278,454,358 | 2017 | Unbreakable | Blinding Edge Pictures | |
| 30 | Scary Movie | $278,019,771 | 2000 | Scary Movie | Dimension Films | |
| 31 | The Silence of the Lambs | $272,742,922 | 1991 | Clarice Starling | Strong Heart/Demme Production | |
| 32 | Annabelle | $257,047,661 | 2014 | The Conjuring Universe | New Line Cinema | |
| 33 | The Village | $256,697,520 | 2004 | Blinding Edge Pictures | ||
| 34 | Halloween | $255,498,536 | 2018 | Halloween | Blumhouse Productions | |
| 35 | Get Out | $255,407,663 | 2017 | Blumhouse Productions | ||
| 36 | Us | $254,732,150 | 2019 | Monkeypaw Productions | ||
| 37 | The Blair Witch Project | $248,639,099 | 1999 | Blair Witch | Haxan Films | |
| 38 | The Ring | $248,218,486 | 2002 | The Ring | DreamWorks Pictures | |
| 39 | Unbreakable | $248,118,121 | 2000 | Unbreakable | Blinding Edge Pictures | |
| 40 | Glass | $246,985,576 | 2019 | Unbreakable | Blinding Edge Pictures | |
| 41 | Dark Shadows | $245,527,149 | 2012 | Dark Shadows | Village Roadshow Pictures | |
| 42 | ' | $240,891,763 | 2017 | Alien | 20th Century Fox | |
| 43 | ' | $240,004,424 | 2012 | Resident Evil | Constantin Film | |
| 44 | Constantine | $230,884,728 | 2005 | Hellblazer | Warner Bros. Pictures | |
| 45 | Annabelle Comes Home | $228,552,591 | 2019 | The Conjuring Universe | New Line Cinema | |
| 46 | Interview with the Vampire | $223,664,608 | 1994 | The Vampire Chronicles | The Geffen Film Company | |
| 47 | Scary Movie 3 | $220,673,217 | 2003 | Scary Movie | Dimension Films | |
| 48 | Dracula Untold | $217,124,280 | 2014 | Dracula | Universal Pictures | |
| 49 | Bram Stoker's Dracula | $215,862,692 | 1992 | Dracula | American Zoetrope | |
| 50 | End of Days | $211,989,043 | 1999 | Beacon Pictures |